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THE-MORNING OREGONIAN,. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1909. TWOTHOGS FOILED,' ONE 'TURNS TRICK' RAILS LAID liJI910 MAN WHO GAVE PORTLAND NEW RAILROAD TO INLAND EMPIRE VISITS CITY. T7T Hill Promises Train Ud Des chutes Next Year. Thursday Night Exciting in Its Robbery, Attempted Rob beries and Battle. OREGON NEEDS FARMERS 12 MAN IN MASK SUCCEEDS Saloon on Northrnp Street Held Up at Mmzle of Gun and $8 Taken. Mitchell, Shot In Fight by In tended Victim, Still Lives. Beside the two attempted hold-ups Thursday night when Vlncenzo Buono, an Italian saloonkeeper at Front and Clay streets, foiled one thug by shooting five bullets into his body, and C. P. Hadley, a grocer at 270 Williams avenue, routed another by throwing scale weights and other missiles at him, a third daring and more successful thug operated, holding up the saloon of M. F. McCormlck. 476 Northrup street. Three customers were present and witnessed the robbery. His face covered with a black mask and holding his revolver in his right hand, the holdup rushed in the front door and shouted the command "hands up." Threatening the lives of the men In the saloon the robber flourished his weapon in their faces and ordered the saloonkeeper to empty his cash drawer. The robber stood by holding in his left hand a crude black sack, into which the frightened saloonman dumped the coins as the man with the weapon ordered. The cash amounted to about $S. After getting his loot, the masked man ran out and disappeared, leaving the' three customers unmolested. Thia rob ber Is described as a young man, not more than 24 years old, of small stature, weighing- about 140 pounds, with dark' hair and eyes and dressed in a shabby brownish-gray suit with a small check. He wore a black soft hat and acted in a very nervous manner. Mask and Sack Crudely Made. The mask - and money sack he used appeared as though they had been hastily made out of the lining of his coat. As soon as the men in the saloon recovered from their fright they searched the neigh borhood without finding any trace of the thug. McCormlck reported the robbery to the police yesterday morning, and De tectives Coleman and Snow, who are also on the cases of the groceryman and the Italian saloonkeeper., are looking for the man who raided McCormick's saloon. No trace so far has been found of the man who tried to get the doughty gro ceryman's money, but William Mitchell, the unsuccessful robber who tackled Buono, Is on a cot in St. Vincent's Hos pital in a critical condition. Dr. Zeigler, the City Physician, believes, however, he will recover if blood poisoning or some other complication does not set in. Asde 4from the crime of attempting to rob Buono, Mitchell, If he recovers, will have to answer to others. He was posi tively identitled yesterday morning as the man who held up the Royal Cafe, 76 North Tenth street. Tuesday night, and also as a horse thief. Harry Lord, proprietor of the Royal, visited the hos pital yesterday morning, and after look lng at him carefully, said he would swear Mitchell was the robber. Before1- seeing Mitchell, Lord had described him to a dot, even to details of the clothing he wore. Identified as Horse Thief. Mitchell was also identified at the same time by Clyde Cleary, foreman of the Nobby Stables', 460 Flanders street, as the man who stole a horse and buggy from the livery stable of Quick & Emerson, Hillsboro, Tuesday. Mitchell drove the horse to the Nobby Stables the same day, where he sold he animal for HO. He left the buggy, saying he would return for it later. Shortly afterwards the stable was notified that the horse had been stolen. Both Cleary and Lord are positive of Mitchell's identity. Lord says Mitchell came Into the saloon during the afternoon several hours before the holdup and re mained In the place talking with tho sa loonman for 20 minutes. Cleary also says he talked with Mitchell for some time and cannot be mistaken. The police believe Mitchell is an ex convict. Detectives Coleman and Snow and Deputy District Attorney Hennessy went to the hospital to induce Mitchell to make a statement,', but this he refused to give. "You are liable to die." suggested one of the officers, "and had better make a clean breast of everything before you go." "Is that so?" retorted the wounded thug, "I'm not dead yet, and I know enough to hold my tongue- Tou'll not get anything out of me." When first taken by the police, Mitchell said he was a carpenter, living in Lents, -hut he is not known there. He later told the police that he had arrived from San Francisco Thursday afternoon, but the identifications of Lord and Cleary dis credit this statement. Buono visited his bedside yesterday afternoon. s but Mitchell kept his eyes closed and would not look up nor speak. . Battle With Thug Thrilling. A detailed account of the encounter, modestly told by the little saloonkeeper, shows that Buono. although but a very small man, with one eye gone, put up a remarkable and fearless battle with the thug. When Mitchell put his hand into Buono's pocket to take out his pocket book containing about t'o, his victim suddenly grasped the hand containing the weapon and threw his other arm about tho thug's body, thus Imprisoning one of the robber s hands in Buono s pocket. Placing his head against Mitchell's breast and hugging him as tightly as he could. Buono finally succeeded in tripping the larger man. Mitchell fired four shots at Buono after they had clinched, but the grasp Buono maintained upon his wrist sknt the bullets wild. Locked in each other's arms, the wo struggled and rolled all the way across Front street. There were still two bul Ws in Mitchell's revolver and Buono feared that his grip on the larger man's wrist must soon loosen and that then he would be killed. When he left the sa loon he was accompanied by Frank Mat uzjel, an Italian musician who lives at Second and Market streets. Matuzzl had a revolver, but was afraid to use it, for fear of phooting Buono. He finally slipped the weapon Into Buono's hand and the little man, quick as a flnsh, emptied five shots into the robber. Three struck him in the face, one In the arm and one in the abdomen. Vital Spot Not Touched. 1 By a remarkable freak of chance none of the bullets touched a vital spot and Mitchell is expected"-to live. The bullet which went In at the abdomen took a course along one of the ritas and. with out puncturing any of the internal or , gans. lodged in the back. Those fired in Mitchell s face were equally ineffectual. Both wpre deflected, and instead of in juring the brain, took a curved direction and lodged in the back of the head and nH-k. The wound In the arm was super ficial. That be should have escaped death jfv Z tt'k-'r-- swmmmtm.. , ' - , -. f i-r I f I ;i --- - - y Ar , I t ' ' , ... - . Jk iA" K:. - -j X -. j r ' r4j F ' ' H v ' y ? , i J. J. HILL. CHAIRMAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS GREAT NORTHERN, AND HOWARD ELLIOTT, PRESI- DENT NORTHERN IPACIFIC. ' when shot at such close range is con sidered miraculous by the physicians who saw his injuries. Mitchell was operated upon by Dr. Ziegler yesterday morning. CHANCE FRIENDS ROB CRUISER George Messlnger Reports Holdup, as Does Saloonkeeper. George Messinger. a well-known Oregon cruiser and prospector, was robbed of his wallet containing $73 last night. Messln ger reported to the police at 11 o'clock that while emerging from a Front-street restaurant, near Everett, he was ac costed by two chance acquaintances and painfully beaten by the pair, who made a successful escape. Messinger said he arrived In the city early yesterday morning. After lounging about the North End for several hours he met two men and picked up acquaint ance with them. One of the pair became his guest at a dinner in the Front-street restaurant. On leaving the place they were joined by the stranger's companion. The three walked a short distance when suddenly one of them exclaimed, "This is far enough!" and the next instant Messinger was overpowered and struck several stunning blows in the face. His purse was taken during the tussle, he said, and then he chased the fleeing crooks. At 11 o'clock last night. Matt Stichtim ber, proprietor of the Tumwater saloon, 334 Johnson street, near the Union Depot, excitedly reported to the police that his place had been entered by a masked robber a few moments before, who with a revolver commanded him to place the contents of the cash register into the canvas bag he tossed on the bar. Ap parently doing as he was told, the pro prietor scooped up several dollars and took the sack from the counter. Believ ing Stlchtlmber was going to resist, the thug dashed through the front door. POLICE AGAIN GET SLIP SA3T FRAXCISCO DRUGSTORE ROBBER SEEN, THEN' TJNSEEX. AOMAX CHOKED, PURSE TAKE.- Thug Is Soon Overtaken and Con fesses Crime to Police. At 6:30 P. M. yesterday- a thug entered the apartments of Mrs. Helen Meyer, who conducts a rooming-house at 350 Couch street, and after beating and chok- 1 ti i hot Intn iyiaonaihiHtv YtrncTii1 purse she had hidden in her stocking. rilied the furniture in the room and es caped with valuables, including diamonds and money, amounting to $500. His victim was found lying on the floor a half hour later by Ned "Walton, a roomer In the house. The police were notified immediately and a general alarm was sounded throughout the city. Ex actly -45 minutes after the report of the crime was received at headquarters Po lice Sergeant Ooltz took Charles Koch, alias Jack Xeteon, a friend of the woman, into custody. In a cell a few moments after his incar ceration Koch admitted his guilt to Chief of Police Cox. He stoically refused to fVll anything of his antecedents, yet' he is known to the police as being a hab itue of the half-world districts during his residence here a few years ago. "I took the stuff and beat her up be cause I wanted to!" is the only motive Koch will advance. Mnllane's Cincinnati Taffies. We are Pacific Coast agents for Mul lanes' taffies. The candy made with lov ing hearts. Try a box. SIG SICHEL. & CO.. 92 Third St. Branches Third and Washington and Wells-Fargo building. The French government financially amMslm young- French merchants to viail foreign coun tries to the. xtent or 3U00 francs th first year, and for a passible second year 2H)0 francs. Competitive examinations are neces- Ione Highwayman Enters Saloon, Takes Drink, Talks of Robberies, Sneers and Ieaves. SAN" FRAXCISCO, Dec. 17. Eight de tectives were hurried from police head quarters in automobiles last night in response to a. telephone message that the lone highwayman who killed William Schneider ' and held up - the Gleason Courneen drugstore had appeared in the saloon of Richard C. Ulmer, at 471 Hayes street. The man escaped from the saloon after displaying two revolvers and menacing Thomas Cleary, clerk of the Recorder's office, and. the police were unable to obtain the remotest trace of him. The effectual manner In which he covered up his retreat, together with the fact that the saloon is only a few blocks away from the Gleason-Courneen store, has satisfied the police that the man was the bandit and that he lives somewhere In the immediate neighborhood of the places he selects for his successive and startling reappearances. It was shortly after 7:30 o'clock last night that the man appeared at the sa loon of Ullmer. He 'came in by a rear door, sauntered up to the bar and or dered a drink of whisky. Cleary was among those discussing the career of the drugstore bandit as the stranger en tered. When the newcomer heard Cleary refer to the bandit he turned and re garded him so curiously that the clerk engaged him in conversation. "What would you do if you met thlj fellow?" asked Cleary. "I'd help him all. I could," wae the re ply of the stranger, who kept his hands in the pockets of his gray sack suit. "I suppose you are a detective?"- he added to Cleary, continuing to . eye . him sig nificantly. Without waiting for Cleary to reply the man opened his coat with a flourish and displayed two large revolvers strapped to his thighs. Gripping these revolvers he then sneered at everyone in the place and walked deliberately in the direction of the door by which he had entered and left. connection because they cost 30 cents a pound. ' "If pifts had wings' as my old nurse used to say, they could hardly come nearer to the dignity of turkeys. The weather has been more favorable to the fish market this week, and sup- piles are more abundant and varied, Crabs and clams are again obtainable, as well as shrimp and lobster, for holi day lndigestibles. New in this week are seen trout at 25 cents. Perch and flounder are In aerain at 10 cents. Halibut and- steelhead salmon cost 12 cents. Chinook salmon costs 30 cents and Columbia River smelt 60 to bO cents a pound at present. Salt water smelt, black cod and sole cost 124 cents a pound, and striped bass 30 cents.- Apples, oranges, pears and grapefruit almost monopolize the fruit display. xne russet pears are particularly good and the various apple beauties need no praise. But $1.50 'to $5 will be needed If you order a box for Christmas. Im ported Malaga grapes cost 35 cents a pound. Cranberries cost 12 to 20 cents a quart. Persimmons, pineapples huckleberries and bananas complete the list at present. -. .There is a very good showing of vegetables. Dotfi the "Winter" and "hot house" kind. New this week are the Japanese or "banana" squash, and Jerusalem artichokes. Green peas, fresh lima beans, eggplant, hothouse squash. tomatoes and cucumber are among the nigner-pricea vegetables. Celery Is good, inexpensive and most useful lust now. Cauliflower is srood. but not cheap. The same may be said or tne Dig juicy green peppers at 10 cents- each. GOOD THINGS IN PORTLAND MARKETS RY LIL.IAN TINGL.B. THE markets are already assuming their holiday appearance and display ing all kinds of attractive edibles for the Christmas feast. Orders . for turkeys, geese, little pigs and choice roasts of beef and mutton are already placed. But retail opinion seems divided as to what we shall have to pay for poultry next "week.'. However, the price is slightly lower. Turkeys cost 30 to 35 cents a pound, and choice capons are about the same price. Geese are much to the fore just now and vary a good deal in quality and cost 18 to 35 cents a pound being "quite a wide rane.. Ducks are scarce and cost 25 to 30 cents. Chickens cost 18 to 20 centsi that is the mature kind. "Fryers" are scarcer and being about 36 cents a pound. Guinea hens make a good substitute for game ami cost about $1.25 each. Little pigs are neither game nor poultry any more than was the cherub shot by Miss Matty's brother's friend in the Hima layas: but I siiall mention them in this Railroad Builder Optimistic as to State's Future, but Insists Com mercial Bodies Must Con tinue Publcity Work. (Continued FY owl First Pm;.) PARALYTIC STR0KE FATAL Aged Albany Resident Dies at Age of 81 Years. ALBANY, Or., Deo. 17. (Special.) George Richards, a resident of Albany for more than 30 years, died here today at the age of 81 years. .He enjoyed good health in spite of his advanced age until Wednesday, when he suffered a stroke of paralysis which caused his death. Mr. Richards was born in Medina County,. O.. In February, 1828. He. lived in that state 20 years and then went to Princeton. III. In 1874 he cama to Ore gon and located in this city, and has re sided here since that time. Mr. Richards was a most accomplished musician and a good singer. As a young man- he played in bands on river steam ers on the Mississippi River and often taught music. He was a leader in musi cal circles In this city for many years. He is survived by his widow, Ann M. Richards, and three children, Hiram S. Richards, Miss Nellie Richards and W. S. Richards, all of whom reside In this city. O. R. & IT. to Appease Rufos. SALEM, Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) The' O. R. & N. has advised the State Railroad Commission, In reply to a complaint from residents of Rufus, Or., that the railroad company plans to place an agent at Rufus at once and to make various other changes and improvements that are ex pected to appease the complainants. Red Cross Stamp Demand Grows. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) There has been a big sale of Red Cross Christ mas stamps in this city during the past few days. They are on sale at different stores .and local people are showing con siderable interest in promoting their use. establishing for himself a home has been pretty thoroughly culled. But here in Oregon you have thousands of acres of choice land awaiting development by the immigrant. . Oregon. Xeeds More Farmers. "I really think you people do not fully appreciate the situation. The fu ture of your state is most promising and you should be even more active in Inviting immigration. It is up to you to people your state. You have the opportunities. What you need Is the people. Your commercial organizations are doing good work. It should be continued aggressively. "What Oregon needs is men to locate on its lands and cultivate them. The disposition, of the average homeseeker from the Cast la to own some land of his own and contribute to the state's production. That tendency should In every way be encouraged. I would not discourage the wonderful development of the horticultural Industry, for it will be a great many years before the sup ply of such apples as you raise in Oregon will exceed the demand for the product. But I think you should en courage the growing of grain, which contributes so materiallyto the con tentment of the producer as well as the prosperity of the entire state. Portland will continue to grow and prosper to the extent that the state develops. Publicity Work Needed. . "We feel that we are doing our part in contributing both to the development of the state and the prosperity of Port land business interests by constructing a railroad into Central Oregon and provid ing: needed facilities for transporting to tire markets of the world the products of the interior. I predict that within the next two years Oregon will witness the high tide of Immigration to this state. There is a wonderful movement West ward among homeseekers, and Oregon of fers grand opportunities. You are sure to get your' full share of this immigra tion, but under the circumstances It is up to Oregonians without reservation to announce to the world the wonderful possibilities- you have to offer." Mr.- Hiil declined to discuss the terminal situation In this city, remarking indiffer ently that there was nothing new on the subject and explaining that it was one of the least of his worries. "Engineers and trainmen, as a rule, are very intelligent men," said Mr. Hill, when asked concerning the agitation in the East for a general strike among railway employes. "They are among the best paid laborers In the country, and their wages have been increased more during the last few years than those of any other class of worklngmen. For that rea son I regard the possibility of a general strike among these men as alto gether remote and, in fact, not considered seriously by the men themselves. "The recent strike by the switchmen employed on the Northern railroads, 13 in all, I am satisfied, was the result more of rivalry between two organizations of these employes than from any other cause. The organization which ordered the walkout hoped to be successful and in that way attract to its membership all switchmen employed on the other railroad systems and who are affiliated with the Order of Railway TrainmenBut it required only three days to pla'ce this strike where it failed to prove trouble some to the railroads that were affected. As a result, the strike exists in name only. Passenger traffic was at no time Interrupted, and for the last 10 days the movement "Of freight has been resumed regularly on all lines and without inter ruption. "TJie demands of the switchmen were entirely unreasonable, and the rail roads could not concede them." Busy Day Spent In City. Yesterday was an exceedingly busy day for Mr. Hill and his associates, Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, and Darius Miller, first vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, who are accompanying the veteran railroader. During the day. conferences were held with George B. French, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle: Judge C. H. Carey and J. B. Kerr, local attorneys for the Hill lines. An inspection of the Hill properties and visits to the company's local offices also consumed a part of the day. Mr. Hill and party expects to leave Portland today. They will return to St Paul via the North Bank to Spokane, being accompanied by. President French as far as Spokane. BOYS WILL ENJOY SWIM i Juveniles Will Be Entertained by Y. M. C. A. Today. "Educational day" was observed at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday and proved to be a special feature of the week of events celebrating the opening of the new building of that organization at Sixth and Taylor streets. The exercises yesterday were directed by Professor E. R. French. Today "Boys' day" will end the week of celebration, and boys of the city will be admitted free there today to enjoy the athletic sports and swimming. A feature of yesterday was the ad dress given by P. L. Campbell, president of the University of Oregon, to teachers and other educators in the new associa tion hall. He paid a glowing tribute to the work being done by the Y. M. C..A. and declared that the organization is J ?; By ROBERT AMES RENNET (jd 7 Author of "For tht Whit Christ," ttc r IkL -taIeo' the day of Thomas JerTersoii, wherein the brave Dr. John Robinson and his Spanish sweet I I heart are led through dramatic scenes of social gav J V ' Capital, distress on the wild frontier, arid W final imprisonment aboard a man-of-war. The ro S,V mantle personages of Aaron Burr and Zcbalon Pike are conspicuous throughout the story. i & Afl ' Iff- FOR SALE EVERYWHERE 3 1 j 4? if j fiW'i A' C' McCLV,tG co- PnhUthm "iiMr Laborer's Leg Is Crashed. v FORT STEVENS, Dec. 17. (Special. ) Patrick Shea, one of the laborers em ployed in the engineer department, was seriously injured yesterday. Hie leg, though badly crushed. w-n not he ampu tated. ... EDWARDS' I CEYLON 1 mamuMkxamxr P08TUN oattro. FIVE FLAVORS 25c and 50c PACKAGES HIGHEST ' GRADE IMPORTED ASK YOUR GROCER A Delicious Drink ill 1 mm rvN Registered U. S. fat. Offic Made by scientific blending of the best tropical fruit. g Ask your grocer for x the package bearing j this trade mark. AAirararVArVrVarVArVfVrYrkrV the admiration of educators generally, who appreciate the method adopted of combining practical and intellectual training. Among the out-of-town educators who visited the Y. M. C. A. yesterday were Professor H. L. Beatty, principal of the academic department of the Pa cific University at Forest Grove, and Professor Arthur Predeaux, of the Wil lamette University at Salem. All the boys of the city of more than 14 years of age will be entertained at the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon, be ginning at 2 o'clock. Boys under that age will be welcomed beginning at 3 o'clock. Each set of boys will have one hour first in the gymnasium and will then go to the -swimming pool. -There will be. no charge for the use of the ap pliances by the visitor, and some in teresting feats are to be performed by way of entertainment. Train Stops at Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or., Dec' 17. (Special.) The Silverton local, which has been passing through Oregon City without stopping, now gives passengers from the southern part of the county the privilege of stopping in Oregon City. The north-1904 301, 788.321 lwo bound train reaches here at 8:30 A. M. and the southbound leaves Portland at 6:30 P. M. CHEHALIS GROWS RICHER Taxes Daring 1910 Will Total Close to $1,000,000. MONTESANO, "Wash., Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) County Auditor Rosraond has com pleted the extension of the taxes on the rolls of 1909 and turned same over to the County Treasurer. The latter officer is charged with the collection of the .total sum of $727,728.55. This, with the local improvement taxes of the different cities and other revenues of the office will approximate $1,000,000. is to be collected during 1910 by the Treasurer. To show the steady advancement of the wealth of Chehalis County the following figures are for the past 10 years: 1900 iot 1902 1903 $102,874.4811905 .... 2:l8.G:!5.97il908 ZH2.KH1.73 1907 297.970.0ll9O3 . S20.S02.92 . 390.205.07 . 4 02. 82:!. 8(1 . BS.).504.4 727.728.55 Tasty Desserts of California "Sunkist" This is the season (or deIicious"Sunkist"orange desserts. Your cook book gives scores of orange delicacies to choose from. ' "Sunkist" oranges are ideal for table service. 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